Other countries sometimes counted as part of the Middle East and North Africa:Īfghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chad, Djibouti, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Turkey. List of countries in the Northern Africa and the Middle East with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density. This constitutes approximately 6% of the total world population.
The population of the Middle East and North Africa region in its smallest extent is considered to be around 381 million people. The term is more or less synonymous with the term 'Greater Middle East'. Location of Middle East Geography Statistics of Middle East Middle Easterner Flag Middle East Facts Middle East Middle East Geography Middle East Maps.
The region of the Middle East and North Africa covers an extensive region, which extends from Morocco to Iran, including all the Mashreq and Maghreb countries of the Middle East.